Snapper party hat



Nov. 28, 1950 J. E. LARMAN SNAPPER PARTY am Filed July 12, 1948 FIG.3

.N' A W Y A 5 W m m NE. 0 J as T. B m m. [II Y B "L" w 0 m m M n Patented Nov. 28, 1950 UNITED STATES NT FFICE SNAPPER r RTY HAT Julius E. Larman, Hartford, Conn. Application July 12, 1948, Serial No. 38,238

4 Claims.

This invention relates to party favors and more particularly to a novelty hat in which there is incorporated a concealed or semi-concealed favor snapper or cracker.

An object of the invention is to provide a novelty party hat into which there is concealed or partly concealed a snapper which when pulled will give a detonation, thereby increasing the amusement and surprise effect of the favor.

Another object of the invention is to provide a novelty party hat incorporating a cracker which can be detonated while the party hat is being worn on the head.

Other objects of the invention will be apparent from the following description and accompanying drawing taken in connection with the appended claims. However, I desire to have it distinctly understood that I do not intend to limit myself to the exact details shown or described, but that I intend to include as part of my invention all such obvious changes and modifications of parts as would fall within the scope of the claims.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a side view of the novelty hat embodying the invention;

Figure 2 is a section view taken through the center of the crown of Figure 1, showing the construction of my novel party favor; and

Figure 3 shows an alternate means of fixing the position of the hat.

Similar reference numerals, will indicate like parts in the figures of the drawing.

My novelty party hat, generally designated [2 in the drawing is made of resilient crepe paper l3 fashioned around a more or less stilt form [4 made of lightweight cardboard. The shape of the hat may take the form illustrated in the drawing, but it may also be arranged in other varying shapes as desired. Fastened to the top of the crown of the hat there is provided a clump or bunch of crepe paper shreds or strips l5 gathered together by a tie I6 made preferably of cotton tape.

A cracker ll of the well known party favor type is incorporated into the hat by fastening the stationary member Hi to the inside of the stiff form I4 by means of a staple [9 while the pull member 20- is extended through the crown of the hat and through the center of the bunch of strips l5. Said pull member 20 is made in such a manner that it is slightly distinguishablefrom strips l5 either by being somewhat longer and heavier than said strips or by being a different color or both. Said pull member is preferably made of a lightweight cardboard the tensile strength of which when pulled is great enough to cause the detonation of the cracker element I7, examples of which are well known in the art. The pull member 20 is partly or substantially concealed by strips I5.

The hat l2 may be provided with an elastic band 2| whose ends are fastened to opposite sides of the bottom of said hat. Said band is intended to be set under the chin of the wearer for positioning the hat on the head. Alternatively, instead of the rubber band, two fabric ribbons 22, preferably made of cotton, as shown in Figure 3 may be substituted, said ribbons being tied under the chin of the wearer, thus fixing the hat more firmly on the head.

The cracker l I may be detonated while the hat is on or off the head. By incorporating a cracker into a party hat, I have devised a favor having a distinctly novel surprise and amusement value.

While the present invention, as to its objects and advantages has been described herein as carried out in specific embodiments thereof, it is not desired to be limited thereby but it is intended to cover the invention broadly within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A novelty device comprising a. hat, a chin strap for positioning said hat on the head of a wearer, a detonator affixed to the inside of said hat and a pull member, one end of said member being attached to the detonator and the other end extending through the crown of said hat.

2. A party favor comprising a hat, a chin strap for positioning said hat on the head of a wearer, a detonator aflixed to the inside of said hat, a pull member, one end of said member being attached to said detonator and the other end extending through and protruding on the outside of the crown of said hat, a group of strips attached to the outside of said crown and surrounding the outside end of said member, said strips being slightly shorter than the outside end of said member and being lighter in weight than said member.

3. A party favor comprising a hat, a chin strap for positioning said hat on the head of a wearer, a detonator affixed to the inside of said hat, a pidl member, one end of said member being attached to said detonator and the other end extending through and protruding on the outside of the crown of said hat, a group of strips attached to the outside of said crown and surrounding the outside end of said member, said 3 strips being slightly shorter than the outside end of said member and being lighter in weight than said member, said strips substantially concealing the outside end of said pull member.

4. A party favor comprising a hat, a chin strap 5 for positioning 'said hat on the head of a wearer, a detonator aflixed to the inside of said hat, a pull member, one end of said member being attached to said detonator and the other end extending through and [protruding on the outside of the crown of said hat, and a group of strips attached to the outside of said crown and surrounding the protruding portion of said pull member.

JULIUS E. LARMAN.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,324,092 Worshwick Dec. 9, 1919 1,362,264 Powell Dec. 14, 1920 1,551,454 Bacon Aug. 25, 1925 10 1,936,143 Shea Nov. 21, 1933 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 250,852 Great Britain Nov. 2'7, 1925 

